2004 HSC Statistics (1 Viewer)

[kimmeh]

I was reading through the media guide and pulled out a couple of interseting stats:

•There are 66 279 students enrolled as HSC candidates this year, comprising 34 398 female students and 31 881 male students.
•Mathematics Extension 2 course entries have increased to 3585 students in 2004 (up by 10% on last year and 37% since 2001), compared to 2236 students in 2000.
•Student entries in the most demanding 2 unit English (Advanced) course in the 2004 HSC have increased to 27 140 (up by 10% on last year and 34% since 2001), compared to 8370 in the last cohort of the old HSC in 2000.
•The NSW Board of Studies established examination committees comprising over 300 people to set 109 different HSC examination papers.
•The 66 279 HSC students will use HSC examination papers comprising more than 13 million printed pages and will complete their answers in 1.75 million writing booklets.
•More than 5000 people will supervise the HSC examination sessions in some 750 examination centres.
•More than 7000 markers will mark HSC examinations at venues across the state.
•By the time the marking of the HSC examinations is complete, the Office of the Board of Studies will have scanned over 30 million individual marks.
•A team of more than 30 staff members took nearly 6 weeks to pack all written examination papers for all students in each course, resulting in over 50 000 parcels.
•Students’ answers to HSC examinations are wrapped in secure parcels and sent to the marking centre. The following wrapping materials are used in this process: 42 000 sheets of brown paper; 51 kilometres of masking tape; 2000 kilograms (2 tonnes) of twine.

Subjects with the largest candidatures

Subject Candidates
English 62766
Mathematics 54326
Business Studies 16740
Biology 13105
Studies of Religion 11488
Personal Development, Health & Physical Education 11177
Chemistry 10282
Physics 10257
Ancient History 9718
Modern History 9521
Visual Arts 8571
Legal Studies 8492
Hospitality 7641
Information Processes and Technology 6958
Economics 5924



Subjects with the smallest candidatures

Subject Candidates
Czech 1
Dutch 1
Malay 1
Lithuanian 2
Maltese 4
Ukrainian 4
Hungarian 5
Swedish 11
Polish 12
Croatian 13
Classical Greek 14
Hindi 16
Portuguese 17
Tamil 19
Khmer 20

Student entries in Board Developed Courses by subject, course and gender for the 2004 HSC at 1 September 2004

Course Name Units Female Male Total
Aboriginal Studies 2 172 73 245
Accounting 2 237 183 420
Agriculture 2 572 722 1294
Ancient History 2 6056 3662 9718
Arabic Beginners 2 3 3 6
Arabic Continuers 2 163 113 276
Arabic Extension 1 58 55 113
Armenian Continuers 2 12 10 22
Biology 2 8382 4723 13105
Business Services 1 1 1
Business Services 2 2053 476 2529
Business Services 4 45 15 60
Business Services Examination 2 1633 363 1996
Business Services Extension 1 5 2 7
Business Services Extension 2 11 3 14
Business Studies 2 8102 8638 16740
Chemistry 2 4801 5481 10282
Chinese Background Speakers 2 736 687 1423
Chinese Beginners 2 31 16 47
Chinese Continuers 2 51 43 94
Chinese Extension 1 24 17 41
Citizenship and Society Life Skills 2 227 265 492
Classical Greek Continuers 2 1 13 14
Classical Greek Extension 1 1 12 13
Classical Hebrew Continuers 2 18 21 39
Classical Hebrew Extension 1 14 14 28
Community and Family Studies 2 3747 247 3994
Comparative Literature - Distinction Course 2 3 4 7
Construction 2 24 1808 1832
Construction 4 2 2
Construction Examination 2 18 1363 1381
Construction Specialist Studies 2 2 2
Cosmology - Distinction Course 2 6 16 22
Creative Arts Life Skills 2 243 273 516
Croatian Continuers 2 8 5 13
Czech Continuers 2 1 1
Dance 2 634 30 664
Design and Technology 2 1825 2664 4489
Drama 2 3663 1454 5117
Dutch Continuers 2 1 1
Earth and Environmental Science 2 520 611 1131
Economics 2 2323 3601 5924
Engineering Studies 2 38 1387 1425
English (Advanced) 2 16184 10956 27140
English (Standard) 2 14434 16806 31240
English as a Second Language 2 1519 1617 3136
English Extension 1 1 3965 2078 6043
English Extension 2 1 1700 775 2475
English Life Skills 2 564 663 1227
Entertainment 2 256 189 445
Entertainment 4 3 3
Entertainment Examination 2 195 144 339
Filipino Continuers 2 15 6 21
Food Technology 2 2490 688 3178
French Beginners 2 410 94 504
French Continuers 2 616 220 836
French Extension 1 141 52 193
General Mathematics 2 15369 14223 29592
Geography 2 1976 2490 4466
German Beginners 2 118 45 163
German Continuers 2 284 163 447
German Extension 1 74 39 113
Hindi Continuers 2 10 6 16
History Extension 1 1568 905 2473
Hospitality 2 5476 2148 7624
Hospitality 4 5 4 9
Hospitality Examination 2 4822 1850 6672
Hospitality Extension 1 116 18 134
Hospitality Extension 2 15 10 25
Hungarian Continuers 2 3 2 5
Indonesian Background Speakers 2 50 57 107
Indonesian Beginners 2 32 9 41
Indonesian Continuers 2 78 24 102
Indonesian Extension 1 22 6 28
Industrial Technology 2 285 3356 3641
Information Processes and Technology 2 2006 4952 6958
Information Technology 2 1217 3062 4279
Information Technology 3 1 1
Information Technology 4 19 42 61
Information Technology Examination 2 1028 2750 3778
Information Technology Specialisation Studies 1 27 27
Information Technology Specialisation Studies 2 6 56 62
Italian Beginners 2 304 76 380
Italian Continuers 2 227 90 317
Italian Extension 1 40 15 55
Japanese Background Speakers 2 31 21 52
Japanese Beginners 2 380 221 601
Japanese Continuers 2 547 275 822
Japanese Extension 1 181 92 273
Khmer Continuers 2 14 6 20
Korean Background Speakers 2 77 72 149
Korean Continuers 2 11 2 13
Latin Continuers 2 87 94 181
Latin Extension 1 32 51 83
Legal Studies 2 5298 3194 8492
Lithuanian Continuers 2 1 1 2
Macedonian Continuers 2 22 10 32
Malay Background Speakers 2 1 1
Maltese Continuers 2 2 2 4
Mathematics 2 9359 10736 20095
Mathematics Extension 1 2 4294 5895 10189
Mathematics Extension 2 2 1405 2180 3585
Mathematics Life Skills 2 463 556 1019
Metal and Engineering 1 2 2
Metal and Engineering 2 2 716 718
Metal and Engineering 3 2 2
Metal and Engineering 4 4 4
Metal and Engineering Examination 2 2 560 562
Metal and Engineering Specialist Study 1 2 2
Metal and Engineering Specialist Study 2 1 24 25
Modern Greek Beginners 2 18 7 25
Modern Greek Continuers 2 124 51 175
Modern Greek Extension 1 53 20 73
Modern Hebrew Continuers 2 10 11 21
Modern History 2 5185 4336 9521
Music 1 2 1988 2035 4023
Music 2 2 374 216 590
Music Extension 1 228 137 365
Persian Background Speakers 2 41 23 64
Personal Development, Health & PE Life Skills 2 264 348 612
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education 2 5710 4855 10565
Philosophy - Distinction Course 2 20 29 49
Physics 2 2688 7569 10257
Polish Continuers 2 7 5 12
Portuguese Continuers 2 7 10 17
Primary Industries 1 1 1
Primary Industries 2 279 475 754
Primary Industries 4 2 3 5
Primary Industries Examination 2 228 334 562
Primary Industries Extension 1 3 19 22
Primary Industries Extension 2 1 31 32
Retail Operations 2 1333 629 1962
Retail Operations 4 12 7 19
Retail Operations Examination 2 979 449 1428
Russian Background Speakers 2 11 13 24
Science Life Skills 2 133 177 310
Senior Science 2 1724 2320 4044
Serbian Continuers 2 36 17 53
Society and Culture 2 2688 521 3209
Software Design and Development 2 274 2671 2945
Spanish Beginners 2 123 32 155
Spanish Continuers 2 153 81 234
Spanish Extension 1 58 24 82
Studies of Religion I 1 4814 4333 9147
Studies of Religion II 2 1510 831 2341
Swedish Continuers 2 6 5 11
Tamil Continuers 2 9 10 19
Technology & Applied Studies Life Skills 2 273 351 624
Textiles and Design 2 1708 26 1734
Tourism 2 426 75 501
Tourism 4 2 2
Tourism Examination 2 312 52 364
Turkish Continuers 2 40 32 72
Ukrainian Continuers 2 3 1 4
Vietnamese Continuers 2 63 41 104
Visual Arts 2 5995 2576 8571
Work and the Community Life Skills 2 359 395 754


shit, the tables didnt work, nonetheless, i didnt realise i have so much competition

 

[ur_inner_child]

What a waste of paper.
The HSC is a monster.

 

[jhakka]

Course:
English Extension 2

Units:
1

Female students:
1700

Male Students:
775

Total:
2475

Damn, man. More than twice as many girls in Ext 2.

 

[~*HSC 4 life*~]

Subjects with the smallest candidatures

Subject Candidates
Croatian 13

hey monika is one of them!

 

[mishka]

would the 3 people doing czech, dutch and malay automatically get the highest band, seeing as though they are the only ones doing the course?? or would it still be only based on their individual performance???

i'm up against 27140 for english, 20095 for 2u maths, 10189 for 3u maths, 3994 for CAFS, 3209 for SAC and 234 for Spanish..... that's ok i guess!!!

 

[Lazarus]

would the 3 people doing czech, dutch and malay automatically get the highest band, seeing as though they are the only ones doing the course?? or would it still be only based on their individual performance???

It's still based on their individual performance.

 

[Xayma]

No because the band is irrelevant of the numbers, if 100% deserve a band 6 they all get them, the cut offs are determined before the exam. Although I don't know how scaling would work.

 

[townie]

i wonder how many trees died so we could sit our exams

 

[cro_angel]

hey monika is one of them!

hahahaha its kinda funny cuz ive met everyone in the state doing croatian.. have about 10 of their numbers and pretty much know where i fall between them
its going to be so fun on my croatian hsc exam (on tuesday between the english papers) because my friend magda does polish (one of the 12 lol) and my friend nancy does armenian and we are going to be in separate corners of the big hall with earphones for our listening and responding part.. how exciting ok well i think it is
im up against Business Studies 16740, Studies of Religion 11488, General Mathematics 29592, English (Advanced) 27140, Community and Family Studies 3994 (rofl @ 3747:247 girls to guys) and Croatian Continuers 13
hmm that puts things into perspective lol
anyway getting back to the essays :|

 

[Sickle]

So much paper gone to waste...

 

[Li0n]

*votes for hsc to be done on computer*

 

[+GriM ReApeR+]

statistics scare me...

 

[ur_inner_child]

*votes for hsc to be done on computer*

*thinks of how incredibly loud the exam room would be with the grade typing*

 

[jhakka]

That's the beauty of touch screens.

 

[KarmaKitten]

ONLY 2 DAYS UNTIL THE HSC!
yeh i love seeing that just before I post..... I'll go back to studying now...

it has no effect on me

i look at it and think 'thats nice, isnt it'

 

[PC]

How many hamburgers will be sold?
How many buckets of chips will be eaten?
How many cups of coffee will be drunk?

 

[alby]

•Students’ answers to HSC examinations are wrapped in secure parcels and sent to the marking centre. The following wrapping materials are used in this process: 42 000 sheets of brown paper; 51 kilometres of masking tape; 2000 kilograms (2 tonnes) of twine

lol that sounds like heaps of stuff....looks like the wanna pack the world up & send it into outter space! lol

Subjects with the largest candidatures
Subject Candidates
English 62766
Mathematics 54326
Studies of Religion 11488
Information Processes and Technology 6958

well then 4/6 of my subby's are quite popular lol dont i feel like a conformist lol

Course Name Units Female Male Total
English (Standard) 2 14434 16806 31240
Geography 2 1976 2490 4466
Information Processes and Technology 2 2006 4952 6958
Mathematics 2 9359 10736 20095
Society and Culture 2 2688 521 3209
Studies of Religion I 1 4814 4333 9147

love the f:m ratio for stuff like sac - 2688:521 heheh i bet guys like justin (jhakka) feels special being surrounded by so many chicks lol
the cafs ratio's funnier though - 3747:274!! shame i dont know any cafs guys to bagg out heheheh
geo & ipt ratios are kinda dodgy (1975:2490 & 2006:4952)..oh well, we still got lotsa chicks...

 

[mishka]

we only have one guy in our cafs class.... he gets bagged out all the time!!

thanks for answering my question, lazarus and xayma!!

 

[bloodysunday]

i reckon the board of studies should get charged for killing off too many trees in order to provide paper for a sh*t-house load of exams

 

[kow_dude]

So much paper gone to waste...

The papers are recycled arent they?